Fraher v. Surydevara

Full title: CECILIA FRAHER, Plaintiff, v. SURYDEVARA, Defendant

Court: United States District Court, E.D. California

Date published: Feb 14, 2008

CASE NO. 1:06-cv-01120-AWI-GSA PC (E.D. Cal. Feb. 14, 2008)

Opinion

CASE NO. 1:06-cv-01120-AWI-GSA PC.

February 14, 2008

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT (Doc. 34) ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR MODIFICATION OF THE SCHEDULING ORDER (Doc. 36)

GARY AUSTIN, Magistrate Judge

Plaintiff Cecilia Fraher ("plaintiff") is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action is proceeding on plaintiff's amended complaint, filed October 23, 2006, against defendant Suryadevara ("defendant") for acting with deliberate indifference to plaintiff's medical needs, in violation of the Eighth Amendment. On September 24, 2007, plaintiff filed a motion seeking leave to file a second amended complaint. Defendant did not file a response to the motion to amend, but on January 31, 2008, defendant filed a motion seeking modification of the scheduling order to extend the discovery and pretrial dispositive motion deadlines should the court grant plaintiff's motion to amend.

Under Rule 15(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a party may amend the party's pleading once as a matter of course at any time before a responsive pleading is served. Otherwise, a party may amend only by leave of the court or by written consent of the adverse party, and leave shall be freely given when justice so requires. Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(a). "Rule 15(a) is very liberal and leave to amend `shall be freely given when justice so requires.'" AmerisourceBergen Corp. v. Dialysis West, Inc., 445 F.3d 1132, 1136 (9th Cir. 2006) (quoting Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(a)).

Good cause having been shown, plaintiff's motion for leave to amend shall be granted. Leave to amend is limited to the addition of plaintiff's proposed state law negligence claims. Defendant is relieved of his obligation to respond to the second amended complaint until the court has screened it. The court will set new deadlines for the completion of discovery and filing pretrial dispositive motions once plaintiff's complaint has been reviewed and is found to state cognizable claims.

Plaintiff is reminded that an amended complaint supercedes the original complaint, Forsyth v. Humana, Inc., 114 F.3d 1467, 1474 (9th Cir. 1997); King v. Atiyeh, 814 F.2d 565, 567 (9th Cir. 1987), and must be "complete in itself without reference to the prior or superceded pleading," Local Rule 15-220. Plaintiff is warned that "[a]ll causes of action alleged in an original complaint which are not alleged in an amended complaint are waived." King, 814 F.2d at 567 (citing to London v. Coopers Lybrand, 644 F.2d 811, 814 (9th Cir. 1981)); accord Forsyth, 114 F.3d at 1474.

Based on the foregoing, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff's motion seeking leave to file a second amended complaint, filed September 24, 2007, is GRANTED;

2. Plaintiff has thirty (30) days from the date of service of this order within which to file a second amended complaint;

3. Defendant is relieved of his obligation to file a response to the second amended complaint pending screening by the court;

4. Defendant's motion for modification of the scheduling order, filed January 31, 2008, is GRANTED, and the court will set new deadlines for the completion of discovery and filing pretrial dispositive motions once plaintiff's second amended complaint has been screened; and

5. The Clerk's Office shall send plaintiff a section 1983 complaint form.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 42 U.S.C. § 1983 I. Previous Lawsuits (list all other previous or pending lawsuits on back of this form): II. Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies ALL NOTICE: 42 U.S.C. § 1983 42 U.S.C. § 1997ebefore Booth v. Churner 532 U.S. 731 741 McKinney v. Carey 311 F.3d 1198 1999 Even if you are seeking only money damages and the inmate appeal or administrative remedy process does not provide money, you must exhaust the process before filing suit. Booth 532 U.S. at 734 Defendants Statement of Claim facts Relief.

Plaintiff's Name ________________ Inmate No. ______________________ Address _________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (Name of Plaintiff) (Case Number) vs. AMENDED COMPLAINT _____________________________ Civil Rights Act, _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ (Names of all Defendants) A. Have you brought any other lawsuits while a prisoner? Yes ___ No ___ B. If your answer to A is yes, how many? ________________ Describe previous or pending lawsuits in the space below. (If more than one, use back of paper to continue outlining all lawsuits.) 1. Parties to this previous lawsuit: Plaintiff _____________________________________________________________________________________ Defendants ____________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________ 2. Court (if Federal Court, give name of District; if State Court, give name of County) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Docket Number ________________________ 4. Assigned Judge __________________________ 5. Disposition (For example: Was the case dismissed? Was it appealed? Is it still pending?) ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Filing date (approx.) ________________ 7. Disposition date (approx.) _____________ A. Is there an inmate appeal or administrative remedy process available at your institution? Yes ___ No ___ B. Have you filed an appeal or grievance concerning of the facts contained in this complaint? Yes ___ No ___ If your answer is no, explain why not _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ C. Is the process completed? Yes ___ If your answer is yes, briefly explain what happened at each level. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ No ___ If your answer is no, explain why not. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995, "[n]o action shall be brought with respect to prison conditions under [], or any other Federal law, by a prisoner confined in any jail, prison, or other correctional facility until such administrative remedies as are available are exhausted." (a). If there is an inmate appeal or administrative remedy process available at your institution, you may not file an action under Section 1983, or any other federal law, until you have first completed (exhausted) the process available at your institution. You are required to complete (exhaust) the inmate appeal or administrative remedy process filing suit, regardless of the relief offered by the process. , , (2001); , , (9th Cir. 2002). , . III. (In Item A below, place the full name of the defendant in the first blank, his/her official position in the second blank, and his/her place of employment in the third blank. Use item B for the names, positions and places of employment of any additional defendants.) A. Defendant ______________________________________ is employed as _______________________________ __________________ at ____________________________________________________________________ B. Additional defendants ________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ IV. (State here as briefly as possible the of your case. Describe how each defendant is involved, including dates and places. Do not give any legal arguments or cite any cases or statutes. Attach extra sheets if necessary.) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________ V. (State briefly exactly what you want the court to do for you. Make no legal arguments. Cite no cases or statutes.) _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Date ___________________ Signature of Plaintiff _________________________________________________